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#MOvember #Crave Craving crayfish anyone 🙃( is this a crayfish🤔) ... I saw his new book The Ditch in the bookshop. I wonder if it‘s any good ..
We read The Dinner for Bookclub a few years back 👍. I never did finish The Swimming Pool book , must go back to it.

Mixed feelings about this generally well-reviewed novel about a couple of Dutch brothers, Serge, who is running to be Prime Minister, and Paul, a school teacher, and their wives. Over several courses at a fancy restaurant, Paul unravels the story of his acrimonious relationship with Serge, and also unspools the story of why they are gathered on this night. No question, it would make a great book club pick. Anyone seen the movie?

I am really perplexed about my reaction to this book. The characters were unpalatable, the premise utterly horrifying, and the outcome jolting. However, the author crafted the conversations well and did a great job of creating two families that were equally despicable. I was hoping for a dark, taut thriller and wound up with less engaging version of “My Dinner with Andre.” With all that being said, I‘d read it again. How weird is that?

I liked this absorbing and discomforting read. I‘ve also enjoyed Koch‘s other book, Summer House With Swimming Pool. Koch seems to be very good in coming up with unsavoury and detestable characters.
#WanderingJune #Amsterdam

Thanks for a month of ‘around the world‘ in books! 😘😘

Predictable

Definitely one to check out! I loved it but dang was it intense. Only $1.99 today!

Two couples went to a fancy restaurant for dinner. When the pretentious food is consumed and the small talk is over, the conversation turns to their teenage sons. About the ‘bad‘ things the boys have done. And how far the four of them will go to protect their own children and themselves from the consequences of their actions.
I enjoyed this book that raises some moral questions.
#MayMovieMagic #HowFarIllGo

This book does not get great reviews in general. I actually didn‘t think it was horrible. It was short so it wasn‘t like it dragged on and on. I was never bored. I agree that everyone in the book is unlikeable but it actually didn‘t bother me that much. It was an interesting story but probably not going to be a lot of people‘s favorite. 3/5 stars.

I was reading this book on and off, so I can't say I really cared for it. And the plot was a bit confusing; like, I'm not sure what the story was really about. All in all, I would just skip this book if you have not read it.

Both 3/5, oh my god I hated every single character it the dinner and I know that‘s not the point of the book but still I kept waiting for just one person to root for ahh this book was crazy. And I liked the idea of the surface breaks but I kept finding myself being like “nope bad decision main character” on every page! #booked2019 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Terrible. Wildly implausible, poorly paced, difficult to follow, and badly translated. Just a huge disappointment. I‘m so bummed I assigned it to my class.

1. Such a bunch of abject, cruel protagonists...it‘s just not my thing! 😬 📖
2. Eat at home 🏡 🥪
3. The worst, and the most typical: assuming a slightly overweight woman is pregnant 🤰! In my defense, I was young & dumb, plus I learned a lesson: I will never again ask a woman if she is pregnant. If she wants me to know, she‘ll tell me.
4. Vanilla—love it! 🍦
5. Blue Blacktop, or Blue Infinite, or Blue Infinite Blacktop 😂

Book 2 of 2019. I find it hard to judge books objectively when the characters are all terrible people, and such is the case with The Dinner. Our narrator is one of the most deranged characters I've ever had the pleasure (?) of reading and it made for a quick, twisty, shocking little book.

What do you do when you have a golf outing with the extended family? Bring a book of course...

I'm also reading The Dinner. About halfway through it now. I'm not sure how much I like it yet, but I DO know I'm not a fan of our friend Paul. I'm planning to watch the movie when I'm finished.
@Blueberry

I‘m a very eclectic reader so my 10 would be 1. JK Rowling 2. Agatha Christie 3. Eloisa James 4. Robert Parker 5. Mary Stewart 6. Antonia Fraser 7. John Wyndham 8. Robert Heinlein 9. Charles Dickens 10. Jane Austen #dinnerparty

1. Neil Gaiman. 2. Joe Hill. 3. Stephen King. 4. Margaret Atwood. 5. Terry Pratchett. 6. Douglas Adams. 7. Kurt Vonnegut. 8. J.K. Rowling. 9. Shirley Jackson. 10. Daphne Du Maurier.

#dinnerparty @Krisjericho

Two families bite the bullet and dine together at a restaurant to discuss their sons and a horrible act they committed together, all caught on video. #BitinTheBullet #OctoberXFiles

Join in on the photo challenge on whatever days you‘re up for it! http://litsy.com/p/eUtoT09EU3B1

Interesting idea - the moral dilemma and debate of what you would do when your child commits a crime! So that made it intriguing. It took a while to get going but the second half of the book redeems itself a little but not enough to warrant more than 3⭐️
Pretty much all the characters are detestable but I think that might be the point, but not any less irksome. Worth a read for a bit of discussion after it.

Day 2| #NewHogwartsAdventure #Feast

A dinner between friends takes a dark turn when they begin discussing their troubled teenagers. I couldn‘t get this story out of my head for a while 😮

🍇 The Dinner by Herman Koch (tagged)

🍇 Roald Dahl ... lots of fun childhood favourites!

🍇 Downton Abbey

🍇 I don‘t usually go for desserts but I do like danishes!

#ManicMonday #D

Started this at the weekend 📖

This was a page turner! Over the course of a dinner, 2 families who are hiding secrets about their children come head-to-head in figuring out how far they‘re willing to go to protect the kids‘ futures. The movie based on it looks pretty good too!

I made it to the bookstore before I got called into work. Which I was bummed about, but a new book made it easier.
This one sounds so good. I am very excited for it. 💙

This is a great read. I loved the way Koch weaved the night's dinner with elements of the past, slowly edging towards and at the same time revealing the details of the purpose of the dinner. Will definitely read more Herman Koch in the future.

I was good, and brought more books TO the used book store than I brought home FROM it. That's good right?
#TBR #addictedtobooks 📖

The Dinner by Herman Koch
Not a comfortable book to read, but had me thinking a long time afterwords. I don't want to be a spoiler, so all I will say is that it is an "unreliable narrator" well done

Started off super slow and then picked up towards the end. I think everyone in that book was a bit off center, but maybe that is why no one really judged the other person.

Doing some reading while my children are Pokémon hunting at the local library. Only problem is that I keep getting asked if I know what certain Pokémon are called.

I tried pairing fiction with nonfiction to compare real with imagined.
Ann Rule and Stephen King
Ann Lamont and Shakespeare
Jane Goodall and Peter Tremaine
Anthony Bourdain and Louise Erdrich

Thank you for the challenge.👌👌

Day 14: (Dysfunctional) Fictional Family
This seems to be one of those love it or hate it books- I loved it! Two couples meet up to discuss their children over the course of a meal at a fancy restaurant in Amsterdam. The narrative quickly takes a dark turn as the plot explores how far parents will go to protect their child. Do yourself a favor, skip the movie and go straight for the book!
#ReadingResolutions @Jess7

Whoa, just whoa. There are so many nuances and plot twists you cannot put this one down.

#AprilBookishMadness #photochallenge @maich #familyproblems

This family has got problems.

It's a pan because I hated all the characters.

Next up!! I‘ve heard great things about this one. I hope I am not disappointed.

🍽The Dinner 🍽My mom's lasagna 🍽lima beans 🍽Christmas 🍽ponte vechio
#manicmonday @JoScho

My book club meets tonight and this is our book. I read it a few years ago and didn't think it was worth reading again, but I'm having trouble remembering what happened in it. I re-read the last few chapters to try to refresh my memory but I can't quite remember enough of the story.

Not a #dinnerfortwo but for two couples in an absurdly fancy restaurant. Over a five-course-meal, some unsettling secrets are revealed concerning a hideous crime committed by their teenage sons and these parents show how far they are prepared to go to protect their children and themselves.
#aprella

😳😱😆 #LitsyHumor

So, I‘m not sure how I feel about this book. Which is why I‘m making this a blurb instead of a review because I want to sit on it a bit more. While I indeed liked the writing and it was definitely tense: I‘m not sure about the characters and their actions. I‘m going back and forth between being horrified and also questioning what I would do. This talks about some gruesome things and touched on mental illness. Also: really unlikeable characters. 🤔

I don't understand how this book is/was a bestseller? I am very disappointed in it.
I didn't like any of the characters. I hated that the father knew he had a mental illness, that had probably been passed on to his son, but he just found it funny.
A disturbing tale about disturbing people - not for me.

1. Goodreads obsessed- did you really even read it if you didn‘t track it on GR?! Lol
2. I love a good unreliable narrator (see tagged book)- so I gotta go with 1st person
3. Luckily I‘ll be asleep for most of it, but I‘ll prob pout about it when I wake up and can‘t check in!
4. Everyone is wonderful but @Jess7 has been especially welcoming!

#TrivialThursday @GarthRanzz

I have just started reading this book. It came to me from a #BookCrosser in #NewZealand together with the #postcard. The book has previously been in #Canada, #UK, #France, #Germany and #Spain so it is better travelled than I am. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12421194

There is still 5hrs left in this audiobook; just how much worse can this get?? What those boys did... horrifying, and I feel like I don‘t even know it all... but seriously...? How. Much. Worse.

I realize this book has very mixed reviews + I‘m only about an hour in to the audiobook, but I am really enjoying it so far.

#TuesdayTidbits
1. Edgar Allan Poe. He always is and always will be the top of my fantasy dinner party list. Even if I could just give he, Virginia and his Aunt Maria a hot meal and pleasant company.
2. That‘s a hard one...1912 to sail on the Titanic was something I always dreamed about. Or London in 1940.
3. No one wants to see that story.
4. @catebutler @vivastory @GrilledCheeseSamurai @cobwebmoth @AndreaReads @TricksyTails @mypoesoul

A mixture of intrigue, creepiness, and mind confusion. This is one to pick up blind!

#goodreads #bookworm #cantputdown

Even though Im reading a million other books, I had to start reading this! The author‘s hilarious attention to minutiae reminds me of Nicholson Baker. Really enjoying this one so far!! Thanks @MrBook and @BookBabe for putting this in my #cupidgoespostal box!

#DinnerDate #HeartsAndHardcovers I haven‘t read this one yet - I‘ve seen very mixed reviews so I‘m not sure about it ! Have any of you lovely people read it and what did you think ? 😊❤️😊

Working full time with three kids and working towards my degree part time is seriously hampering my reading time. #currentlyreading #roadtrip #thedinner #hermankoch